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A text by Steven Laperriere, Vice-President, RAPLIQ At the start of the year, with all the turmoil that Linda’s candidacy and mine in the last election campaign caused within the RAPLIQ, its membership and in the associative sector, a clarification...
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It will be recalled that last January, the CDPDJ closed 15 complaints filed by the RAPLIQ in December 2011, under the pretext that the complainants had not experienced discrimination and simply did not agree with the services offered by the...
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(Source Journal Métro ) The Association of Activists for Inclusion in Quebec (RAPLIQ) denounces the lack of access for people with reduced mobility on the new terrace of the Institut du tourisme et de l’hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ), which promises nevertheless to...
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There is not a single fight in life that is not worth fighting for. Last Friday, just before 4 p.m., Judge Paquette traced, in the sand of Quebec society, the first meters of the path leading people with disabilities towards...
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SETTLEMENT DATE – MAY 2017 The complainant is the mother of a 5-year-old child, severely disabled, who acts on behalf of her son. The latter is in a motorized wheelchair and lives with cerebral palsy, which in his case causes...
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Press Release STM AND DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION DECISION REDUCES RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Montreal, April 11, 2017 – The RAPLIQ strongly criticized a recent decision concerning discrimination in public transportation in Montreal, which the Commission...
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SETTLEMENT DATE – JUNE 2016 A woman traveling in a motorized wheelchair wanted to go celebrate her wedding anniversary on the cruise ship “Cavalier Maxim” of Croisières AML Inc., which offers a gourmet dinner lasting three and a half hours,...
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SETTLEMENT DATE – MARCH 2016 A man in a motorized wheelchair filed a complaint against a merchant who rented commercial space in one of the buildings belonging to Shilldev Holdings, for refusing indirect access to his business. For reasons of...
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SETTLEMENT DATE – JULY 2015 Two women with disabilities each filed a complaint against this taxi intermediary, who used private and illegal practices at the very least to discriminate. The alleged facts were that the accessible and adapted taxi company...
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SETTLEMENT DATE – JUNE 2015 The complainant, who is traveling in a motorized wheelchair and with her assistance dog from the Mira Foundation, notes that in most SAQ branches, there is not enough clearance to circulate between the aisles and...
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